Re: Graphisc failure

From: Alan D (adjtech_at_usadatanet.net)
Date: 12/06/03

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    george wrote:
    > WE have a Hp Visualise B2000 workstation fitted with 2 graphics cards. The
    > fault reported by the user was that the graphics cards were not displaying
    > anything. There are usb connectors fro keyboard and mouse. With these not
    > connected the system appears to boot ok ,when I am connected via a serial
    > cable to the com port as a terminal device.
    > I plugged in a usb keyboard and mouse and booted the system Hitting a few
    > of the function keys brought up some squares at the bottom of the VGA
    > screen and then they disappeared, but it appeared the video output was
    > working in a sort of fashion. I typed startx and got a blank x window
    > display with I think one xterm session in it.
    > That made it seem that progress was being made. But now for some reason ,
    > even with the keyboard and mouse plugged in, nothing appears on the vga
    > screen and standard out is coming out of the serial port.
    > I know practically nothing about this hardware or HPUX os as I am used to
    > working with Sun Solaris.
    > I would appreciate any helpful suggestions or guidance
    > Thanks
    > George
    >
    >
    The keyb/mouse must be plugged in when the system is powered up
    otherwise it will not recognize it has a graphics device and use the
    serial port as the console. Power it down, plug the keyb/mouse and
    monitor in and powerup, it will bring CDE up.

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